505 - Mexican President Santa Anna and His Crazy Antics

This week we look at the wild and colourful life of Antonio López de Santa Anna, president of Mexico no less than 11 times!

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 06:52 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez_de_Santa_Anna

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antonio-Lopez-de-Santa-Anna

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez_de_Santa_Anna#

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/who-invented-gum

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Mexico

https://www.thealamo.org/remember/military-occupation/independence-and-annexation#:~:text=On%20December%2027%2C%201845%2C%20U.S.,28th%20state%20of%20the%20Union.

https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Alamo-San-Antonio-Texas-United-States-1836

https://www.britannica.com/event/Pastry-War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War

https://www.britannica.com/event/Mexican-American-War/Invasion-and-war

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